With a desire to offer this heart-warming script with possibilities for a spectacular performance, we published two scripts, one musical, the other non-musical. Check the non-musical synopsis for a Follow-up Discussion for Young Audiences.

"Rock" is thrown from a volcano in the beginning of time, and he spends the next few million years determined to prove that he is more than he appears. He is visited periodically by the Sand Pebbles, the Gold Nuggets, and the Gem Stones—all of whom are living exciting lives of travel and adventure—while the farthest he has ever traveled is a few yards down the beach between the toes of a brontosaurus.

"I may be a rock, but that's not who I am," is his mantra, but his confidence begins to seriously waver as time passes with no changes in his dreary existence. That is, until—by being in the right place at the right time—he becomes one of the most famous landmarks in America, Plymouth Rock.

This is a meaningful and humorous play, suitable for actors or audiences of any age. It even introduces bits of geology, geography, anthropology, and American history. Most of all, it shows no matter how humble our origins, we all have the chance to do something important with our lives.

One act; Set, rocky beach at the beginning of time; Costumes, may be as simple as shorts with t-shirts of appropriate colors. Add-ons for specific characters could include a large floppy hat for Dusty, a robe and turban for the king, flowing skirts and scarves for the dancing girls, and jewelry for the Gem Chorus.

See also: Plays for Very, Very Young Actors